419 scam: "Ms.Carman L.Lapointe"<carmlapoite@un.org> YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.Carman L.Lapointe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carmanlapointe263@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 09:16:53 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
Head Of Internal Audit,
United Nations Under-Secretary
General For Internal Oversight Services
Consulting and Investigations Division

From: Ms.Carman L.Lapointe

Hello Unpaid Beneficiary

This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from London,after series

of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe,Oceania,

Antarctica,South America and the United States of America respectively,against

the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for the rate of

scam activities going on in these two nations.I have meet with President

GoodLuck of Nigeria who claimed that he has been trying his best to make sure

you receive your fund in your account.

For more information about me kindly click on the below link or copy and paste

on your web browser:- http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/pages/usg.html

Right now,as directed by our secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon,We are working in

collaborations with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)

and have decided to authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of

your unpaid fund of $3.5M approved by both the British/United States government

and the UN into your account without any delay.

Sincerely,you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top

Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they

are working in collaboration with One Mr.Ray Cleams and others from USA to

frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.

I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to

urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm

your fund in your account within the next 72 hours.

YOURS SINCERELY,
Ms.Carman L.Lapointe.
General for Internal Oversight

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